UNITED STATES v. FRAGUS

No. 27801.

422 F.2d 1244 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Peter Frederick FRAGUS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy Mahon, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., Joseph W. Hatchett, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Title 18, § 1462, United States Code, prohibits the use of any express company or other common carrier for carriage in interstate commerce of any obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, motion-picture film, paper, letter, writing, print, or other matter of indecent character. Upon conviction for the first offense the penalty is a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

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